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RE: Politics, Liberty and Other Fun Stuff
Welcome aboard. I think you're going to like it here. Even our leftists tend to be on the polite side, lol.
Welcome aboard. I think you're going to like it here. Even our leftists tend to be on the polite side, lol.
Polite leftists? That would be refreshing! Even more than that, I would enjoy having an actual discussion with a leftist, rather than the typical tiresome ad hominem offensive. We shall see!
I think the combination of site reputation and the possibility of getting paid on any given posts keeps us all a little more civil ;>
there are still some nasty ones, but you can mute them from your view
That sounds encouraging :-) Do you recommend down-voting at all (nasty posts, or any posts that seem to warrant it), or is that generally counterproductive?
Personally, I think it's counterproductive 90% of the time.
I have used it once out of being annoyed at a post, and used it once to correct somebody that spammed my post with an ad...in that case, I left a comment explaining why I flagged him, and told him I'd remove the flag when he removed the flag. That worked, and I removed the flag.
Th e other part of the flag is this, as a new user with a low rep and low Steem Power the flag is not going to have a lot of effect.
But don't hesitate to use if t if someone is really harassing you either! If somebody is being insulting and personal, flag em!
Other than that. mute will work.
Thank you for the advice. As a newbie, there's a lot to learn about this platform; more of a "thinking man's" social network than Facebook. lol